University events
Open Lectures
Featuring talks by global speakers, new learning experiences and activities for the whole family to enjoy, York Ideas is a year-round series of events led by the University of York to educate, entertain and inspire.
In celebration of World Geothermal Energy Day, we will be hosting a free exhibition and public lecture that will bring you the very latest on our landmark FutureSource deep geothermal project.
Author Meadhbh Park explores how modern online extremism radicalizes teens into real-world violence and cyberattacks, giving adults vital tools to spot warning signs and protect our youth.
A young person discovers the Beveridge Report: she questions… What happened? What is next?
A lecture from Andrew Morrison, chief executive officer of the York Civic Trust in celebration of the Trust's 80th birthday
This lecture explores the discovery of an Arma Christi roll at York's Bar Convent—one of just 11 surviving medieval manuscripts of its kind. The talk examines its origin, purpose in domestic prayer, and how it remained hidden for centuries.
This lecture examines how modern art's boundary-pushing nature led to legal disputes over copyright, tax, offense, and contracts, questioning what these clashes reveal about the fundamental nature of art itself.
Environmental economist Dr Nesha Beharry-Borg explores how valuing Caribbean biodiversity as natural capital drives climate resilience and economic development, drawing on insights from international development finance.
This online event brings together two leading poetics scholars for presentations of new work, readings, and a conversation on the possibilities of poetry today.
University Assemblies
Universities thrive when they are spaces for listening, debate and collective learning, especially when tackling the world’s most challenging crises.
Following a Citizens’ Assembly model, we will bring diverse voices to the table here at York. Our University Assemblies are designed to be safe, reflective spaces where students and staff can come together to explore difficult global issues.
York Concerts
The Swingles are delighted to be returning to York for a show that explores the group’s unique musical legacy. The five-time Grammy winners offer a celebration of the ensemble’s early repertoire, focused on the arrangements of their founder.
To mark the centenary of Miles Davis’s birth, Peter Edwards and a five-piece Nu Civilisation Orchestra Ensemble perform Davis’s music live as the soundtrack to John Akomfrah’s acclaimed 2013 documentary The Stuart Hall Project.
Reginald Mobley celebrates music’s power not only to keep us tethered but also to draw us closer together. Solitude invites audiences into a quiet and intimate place, to pause and unplug from the busy world around us.
Joseph Kamaru, aka KMRU, is a Nairobi-born, Berlin-based sound artist who has carved out a serious and definitive space on the list of essential authors in ambient-experimental music.